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Oh my! I keep thinking what a waste of time and TP this was! I'm glad you have a tongue in cheek attitude toward this. :)It does sort of look pretty. You could have just left it up as your halloween decor. ;)Glad you got to spend some quality time with those wonderful neighbors!gail

Wow they got you pretty good!!! I am so glad that you have a good attitude towards this. It is a pain in the but but at least it is harmless (hopefully nothing was ruined, then I would be upset) What great neighbors you have!

WOW you must be VERY LOVED! What a shocker that must have been to wake up to. You have a great attitude about it though. The parents of the hoodlum who wouldn't help or send him back to help would be on my s%&t list;) lol~DebraCapers of the vintage vixens

Oh girl!! Only in the SOUTH does this happen!! We get it EVERY year miltiple times...I grow weary....now I sit and wait for them so I can stop it before it get's too far gone....I have been sitting right in the front window and they do it anyway!!! Hilarious!! I don't mind the toilet paper, but the confetti?? Not so much...

This cracks me up! This was our house every weekend back in the day! I sent this to my Mom and she emailed me back to tell you spending the money on a little pressure washer makes those Saturday morning clean ups so much easier- especially the syrup!!

I will never forget when this happened at our home when I was a teenager - was my father ever mad! He said toilet is to wipe your rear and if that is what was thought of him and his family certainly was not an indication of "Love".

I am 51 and enjoyed my share of tee pee-ing in my youth. (Yes, even in the dark ages!) I think I am most distressed at the facebook post and the parent of that "child". The quantity of "decorations" seems a bit overkill. Given that parent/child situation, I might have been inclined to send the police over for a little visit....not an arrest but just to make a point....

Oh my goodnessI am appalled that the mom would not make the son clean up. As the mom of four daughters I cannot believe a parent would not take responsibility for her child and make him learn his lesson. Ugh! Sorry just a little rant there : )well, good thing the neighbors could help

wow! how many people it took to create this mess; Only one; Their minds are over their heads at this age! The best thing you do is to deal with the incident with humor! On the other hand, the boy's parents should be more careful!

Wait... the boy's mother disagreed with having him come clean it up? Huh... I'm sorry. I would have gone up to her door and would have demanded that he come & help clean up. I would still be laughing because tp'ing IS funny but if he was dumb enough to claim responsibility for the mess, he should have had to clean it up. Some lesson THAT mom doled out. Do something wrong, get caught and someone else cleans up... A son to be proud of, I'm sure. And I'm with Deborah as I'm from NJ, too. Although...I would have left it cleaned up and those bags full of that stuff would have ended up on that boy's front porch.

Holy crap...but you got TP'd BIG TIME!!! I agree with you completely, the guilty parties should help with the clean-up. Can't believe that one kid's mom disagreed (you should have told her to get her butt over there and help...as an example, you know). The confetti is a new one on me...bet it was a booger to clean up!

I'm not sure I would have found the funny as you obviously did, so kuddos to you for that! I'm appalled the parent wouldn't send that kid over to clean up after the ignorant hoodlum posted it on Facebook. Seems the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

Glad you didn't let it get to you, but I would have had the police knocking on that kids door!

You must have had some great coffee (or meds)(lol) to have such a great attitude. Over 3 hours?Maybe all your nearby bloggie friends can do some payback to that sweet little kiddo and his mom.Seriously though, you're walking the walk girl. Such grace and mercy. It's to be comended.

Your daughter still has a long time before she graduates...You might want to invest in some motion dectection lights! Just saying...We had things like this happen more then once on our very loved son! I'm so glad he graduated!

We got "papered" every cross country season. Around these parts, it is done in admiration. I was proud that our house was chosen. My girls worked really hard and that their peers acknowledged their devotion was fine by me! The husband wasn't nearly as impressed, but at the end of the day, it's just toilet paper.

I don't know if I would have had such a good attitude...You're awesome, Susie! I can pretty much guarantee that I would have been upset...but you sure did capture some beautiful shots of it all! Good memories, right? :)

Ooooooooooooo Nooooooooooooooo!!!THAT is beyond TP-ing a friends house! SERIOUSLY????? And the SHREDDED CONFETTI!!! WRONG!OMGosh! Syrup in grout???WHAT?!Booooy, things have changed since I was in the TP-ing years...If I were your neighbor, i wouldve helped too...Cuz thats how I ROLL............heeheexoxo kpb

check out my GIVEAWAY on my blog, it would be a nice gift in light of the TP-ing Incedent

I just had a MAJOR flashback to 20 years ago. My mom made me clean the mess up myself. While cleaning, I found shredded paper in the yard. They were envelopes addressed to a guy's mom that I knew. So, I cleaned up the bags of stuff, put the bags in my car, drove to his house, and returned everything into his yard (no longer contained in the bags). :-) That was before I became the mature and humble person I am today.....ha ha!

Lou Cinda commented above that this only happens in the South. ON THE CONTRARY this is big business here in California :o) I did this as a kid myself, and taught my kids "how to tp" ~ but with a twist: my kids had to clean it up themselves the next day.

Oh wow...they really did a great job...sheesh o' dear! Those little papers, oh my...the heart skipped a beat for you thinking of all the work involved cleaning it! I cannot believe the Mom didn't think he needed to help. wow.

Oh and not just in the South does this happen, in the Pacific Northwest too...only they call it: 'T.P-ing'

I'm with Helen (above)......my kids and two of their buddies just (about two weeks ago) rolled our Pastor and Youth Pastor's home(s) but the deal, ahead of time, was that they had to go back and help clean. I can't believe the Mom who didn't support this. What a bummer!

ugh. what a scene to have to wake up to... Glad that once you got over the initial fury you could share, not that I laughed, but it was a good post :)I cant even imagine having a conversation with that parent. no sir-ree... ~Tana

when we lived in Florida kids went to juvie for this.t.p. is okay but you got an excess of the love!!you have a cup half full attitude which is wonderful but yeah if it were my kid i would have made him get his rump over there and help!!!blessings girl!!love broomhilde...:)

My son and his friends did this to someone's yard when he was in high school. All the parents were contacted but he was the only one who was made to go clean it up. I was shocked then and I am shocked now at the attitude of parents.

You have a good attitude. Your kids are seeing that in you. What a great example!

Former cheer captain here...I was so opposed to this stupid tradition that I was almost kicked off my team for trying to end it.

I made a sign for my friend, the captain of the football team (who stupidly old fashioned...they paired us up as if we were supposed to date because we were both captains), drove over to his house, and hung it on the front door. No TP. I might have rolled some streamers around the columns on his porch and put a couple balloons around, but that was it.

The waste annoyed me then and it still annoys me.

Kudos for your awesome attitude!!!

Up north, we also have "Cabbage Night" or "Devil's Night" which is the night before Halloween. Kids used to run around and TP houses here and there. It was the one night of the year my father didn't complain about us leaving all the lights in the house on!

What a mess! I can't believe the mother didn't haul his butt over there to help! My 13 year old son was looking over my shoulder just now, and couldn't believe what he saw. He wants to know "who would be stupid enough to waste all that money on toilet paper?" I said, hey, maybe the mom paid for it.

OK, I'm seriously confused. In your area, IS this a sign of repect/liking/whatever? Not just vandalism? Here it would be vandalism but from reader's comments I'm guessing that it isn't for you guys. Either way, you have a good attitude.

I applaud your good attitude, this would have brought me to tears. I'm so happy to know you have rocking neighbors who came to help, that is huge support! My oldest is just a freshman in HS and if this is what i have to look forward to I feeling a lump in my throat.xo,LuLu

I remember being TP'd in middle school, the night before Easter. They guy (whi liked me), wrote "Happy Easter Christy" with shaving cream in the lawn. My mom didn't think it was so funny & made me clean it all up. Glad you all had a sense of humor about it.

Oh my goodness!!! I have never heard of this over here in England, I think I would have cried! What a lot of time and effort has gone into it though, not sure I could be bothered ha ha. Good job you have such a great sense of humour, bless. Oh, and I do remember your witch from last year...she's fabulous. xxx

Oh my goodness, but that's a lot of toilet paper! I can remember doing that in my senior year - that among other things. Toilet papers doesn't seem to be a big thing around here. We work up to all the political signs magically appearing on our lawn. There was a tone of them.

We had our yard rolled several years back by some of the people that work for my husband. It was everywhere. What a mess...loving mess...but mess. Not sure if I like the syrup idea and the confetti sure would be difficult to clean up. I'm really thinking the mom should have made her "loving" son help clean the mess.

Well, Susie, in Texas there are actually mothers who DRIVE THEIR CHILDREN to the target home and are accessories to the crime! After living in NOLA for 17 years, I know that the gracious Southern belles of Louisiana would never do such a thing. :)

Gosh, I didn't know kids still did that. ( did that too in my day!)I know this doesn't help, but it really is pretty. At least they didn't add egg yolk. Some kids did that to my yard when i was a teen.Really a mess.Good luck and I love your positive attitude. Of course the kid's got to brag - gets them every time!

Ok, I get that a little tping is all in good fun. But syrup?! Confetti?! No way! If that boys was caught FBing about it then he should've helped to clean it up. Stupidity on his part. I would have left it all in a big pile on their lawn right before the sprinklers went off.

Shame on the parent who said no to having her son help clean up. Seriously. That's ridiculous. I remember the days of having a young daughter, and recall our house being wrapped more than once. Never any fun, but if you catch it before it gets wet with dew, a match does wonders for getting it down. What a mess, though.

He might have been trying to show some love, but it seems to me all he showed was his @$$! TPing is one thing (provided it doesn't rain), but everything else was just plain mean spirited. Not just little Johnny, but mom and dad also should have came over and shared "the love".Your insurance agent would have a fit...mine did back in the day!You've got a wonderful handle on life.DebbieP.S. I'm reminded of that silly little rhyme ~Fools names and fools faces always end on foolish places!~ Kid should really think about what he puts on FB!

Wow, I can't believe the kid's mother didn't think he needed to come over and help clean it up. I'd probably drag my son over there by his ear and make him clean it up if I found out he did something like that.

Boys will be boys, but I have some girls that aren't to far behind them! They played a prank one year and forked all of our families yards! Just our family! It was way to funny! The stuck 1000's of forks in the yard, left a note in the mail box that said "you been forked"! My dad just mowed them down with the lawn mower! But that was nothing to compare with what it took clean up all the TP! Thank goodness you had some help!Theresa

sorry you had the mess and the mom of the boy needs a reality check! I don't have teenie boppers yet but did she not learn from her pre-school years that when your kid goes to someone's house to "play" they have to stay and clean up the mess before they leave! (in this case get caught!)

The mom DISAGREED with her son coming to help clean up???? Whoa. Nice example, mom. When I was a teenager it was kind of an unwritten rule that if you did the crime, you did the time, willingly. The next day kids would come over (not all the time, but a lot) and clean the mess up. At least when they tp'd someone's house that they really liked. : )

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Deep in the swamps of Louisiana is where you can find Susie Harris. She is a passionate designer/artist/blogger, where her love of faith and family shine through. In Susie's spare time out of her studio she enjoys decorating and DIY projects around her home. She's been featured in publications such as Better Homes & Gardens, Flea Market Style,HGTV and on CountryLiving.com